Shiraaz Ali is a Yorkshire-based visual artist, designer and architecture graduate who has worked with the City of Bradford, the Canal and River Trust and Regent's Park, London. His work process is ...

Crawl, climb and get to know Wakehurst’s majestic trees on this adventurous log trail. Nestled in the heart of Coates Wood, ...

Many epiphytes are specialists. They need specific microclimates, high humidity, and stable forest ecosystems to survive.

Ash dieback is a disease caused by a fungus called Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, an invasive species which has spread across Europe in the past 30 years. The fungus grows into the trees’ vascular systems ...

Kew's scientists and international partners share their 10 favourite species named as new to science in the past 12 months. It's been another busy year here at Kew, with our scientists and their ...

Four flowers that have become queer symbols Discover the stories behind why these four iconic plants were adopted as symbols of resilience and resistance by the LGBTQ+ community.

In a new study, researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and partners have described the only known member of the palm family (Arecaceae) to flower and fruit almost entirely underground. Owing to ...

New research finds that the Amorphophallus genus of plants can warm up themselves up to 21 ˚ C above ambient temperature; experts also found a surprising variation in temperature patterns across ...

22 ways to build biodiversity Celebrate biodiversity in all its form this International Day for Biological Diversity by discovering how you can help protect our most precious natural resource.

Nature has been the inspiration for many forms of art and literature throughout history. In fact, it inspired the very first photographically illustrated book. Cyanotype photography is a camera-less ...

Kew's Old Lions Japanese pagoda tree (Styphnolobium japonicum) The Japanese pagoda tree, situated next to the Hive at Kew Gardens, was originally planted in the arboretum in 1762. Brought to England ...

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and partners across the globe present their pick of top 10 plant and fungal species named new to science at Kew in 2022. From a record-breaking giant ...